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Peer reviewedKing, Michael – Child Development, 1971
Ability to distinguish intention from accident and understanding of unconscious intention were examined in preschool, kindergarten, and third-grade-age children. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Correlation
Peer reviewedAshton, R. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Infant Behavior, Infants, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedTisher, R. P. – Child Development, 1971
Author concludes that a Piagetian based paper-and-pencil technique can be successfully used for older subjects rather than the conversation-interview technique used for elementary school children. (MB)
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Measurement Techniques, Questionnaires, Secondary School Students
Peer reviewedFrankenburg, William K.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Results indicate that the test-retest stability of the DDST is quite satisfactory for a screening test. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Examiners, Measurement Techniques, Observation, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedNicholls, John G. – Child Development, 1971
Game-like and test-like methods of divergent thinking assessment were compared with 10-year olds. Effects of method on score correlates were sufficient to allow the possibility that method may be implicated in outcomes of many studies of divergent thinking. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Divergent Thinking, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedEvans, Wilson; Gratch, Gerald – Child Development, 1972
Results do not support Piaget's explanation of object conceptualization. (MB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Error Patterns, Infants
Peer reviewedGorsuch, Richard L.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
In research with children, there is a common problem which could reduce the reliability of a questionnaire for some children but not others: verbal comprehension. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 5, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedNias, D. K. B. – Child Development, 1972
By comparing the results of this investigation with the attitude organization of adults, an understanding may be gained of the processes involved in attitude development. (MB)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Componential Analysis, Elementary School Students, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedSeitz, Victoria R. – Child Development, 1971
It was concluded that the scaled preference values have high face validity and that they suggest the need for reexamination of some previous experimental results. (Author)
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Kindergarten Children, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedOverton, Willis F.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Results are discussed in terms of the development and activation of cognitive structures. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary School Students, Logical Thinking, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedStabler, John R.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Attitudes toward the colors black and white may influence the way black and white children view each other and themselves. (Authors)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Color, Measurement Techniques, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedDavis-Kean, Pamela E.; Sandler, Howard M. – Child Development, 2001
Conducted meta-analysis of preschool and early elementary school self-esteem instruments, using reliability as criterion variable and different aspects of methodology used in testing an instrument as predictor variables. Found that reliability could be predicted by study setting, number of items in the scale, age of children being studied, method…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Data Collection, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals)
Peer revieweddlugokinski, Eric; Firestone, Ira J. – Child Development, 1973
This research demonstrates significant but moderate association among 4 methods of measuring other-centeredness, including behavioral, cognitive, valuative, and peer-rating measures. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Grade 5, Grade 8
Peer reviewedRardin, Donald R.; Moan, Charles E. – Child Development, 1971
Implications of this study on child-development theory, education, and psychotherapy are discussed. (MB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedShure, Myrna B.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Implications are that increasing a child's ability to think in terms of alternative solutions to real-life problems could supplement a primary preventive mental health program. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
